Prevalence of Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Health-care Workers and Students
Recruiting
Observational Study
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary
Tuberculosis Infection
Latent Tuberculosis
Health Care Associated Infection
No Placebo Group
Every participant receives an active treatment — no one gets a placebo.
Healthy Volunteers Welcome
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
No Study Drug
Researchers observe your health over time — no experimental treatment is given.
At a Glance
- Age
- 18 – 72
- Sex
- Any
- Study type
- Observational
- Participants needed
- 2,040 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- Eleonora Nucera · Other
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About This Trial
This study is a cross-sectional study that examines the prevalence of Latent Tuberculosis Infection \[LTBI\], defined as individuals infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis with no clinical evidence of disease, and the possible risk factors of LTBI in a large cohort of health care workers (HCWs) and students.
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Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
* all health-care workers of Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS in Rome,
* all students of all three-year and single-cycle degree courses, master's degree courses, graduate schools of the faculty of Medicine and Surgery of the Catholic University of Sacred Hea…
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